You notice a colorful tent in the middle of Main Green. You hesitate, then boldly walk into the tent. An ancient woman peers at you as you enter. With a wrinkly grin she looks back down into the ball and recites:
"A great journey shall you take
to distant lands where fortunes wait
for only he who can surmise
will in the end attain the prize."
At this she raises her head and closes her eyes, concentrating. Suddenly, she stands from her chair, grabs a book from a shadowy corner of the room, and frantically flips pages:
"Oh yes, this is it!
'Sites visited will mention hints
of places fit just for a prince
but if a serf heeds ancient minds
a wealthier man will he arise.'"
She briefly looks up with a piercing gaze, then turns back to the crystal:
"Strange things shadowy I do see,
and yet never has it failed me.
the great tablets of Gilgamesh!
a man on the moon and a sign of Taurus?
black cats and broken glass!
spiders...or are they octopi?
and now twice as many as just before!
Now nothing. That is all.
If you choose your path with care
your future, for sure, will not be bare."
As you leave the room, she calls out, "Ah yes, you may need this!"
She hands you a scrap of paper and shuts the flap to the
tent.